News + Politics
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Supreme Court Delays Marriage Equality Cases
Proponents of marriage equailty are facing another delay as the Supreme Court pushed back when it will consider which cases related to same-sex marriage the...
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Krysten Sinema Becomes First Out Bi Member of Congress
Krysten Sinema was declared the winner in the House race for Arizona’s 9th Congressional District on Monday. According to the Associated Press, Sinema, who will...
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Kevin Clash, the voice of Elmo, relieved that teen sex allegation has been retracted
UPDATE (Tuesday, Nov. 13, 9pm): Kevin Clash released a statement to the press which, in part, confirmed that he is gay: “I am a gay man. I have...
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‘Days of our Lives’ airs gay ‘sex scene’ between Will and Sonny
UPDATE (Wed., Nov. 14, 1:35 pm): Despite President Obama‘s press conference cutting into the East Coast broadcast, Will and Sonny did have their big moment today. ...
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Ugandan Speaker of Parliament pledges quick movement on “kill the gays” bill
“I will not accept to be intimidated or directed by any government in the world on matters of homosexuality.” Uganda’s Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga...
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FRC’s Tony Perkins Predicts “Revolution” After Marriage Equality Wins
The president of the anti-gay Family Research Council is predicting “revolution” following a clean sweep of historic victories for the LGBT-rights movement on Election Day. ...
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GLOE Makes the Guide
The Washington, D.C., Jewish Community Center (DCJCC) announced yesterday that its Kurlander Program for GLBT Outreach & Engagement, aka GLOE, has been included in the...
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Suspect in February Homicide Pleads Not Guilty
The man accused of fatally stabbing Deoni Jones, a transgender woman, at a Northeast D.C. bus stop in February pleaded not guilty this morning to...
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Nationwide Wins for State and Local LGBT Candidates
Election Day ushered in what many leaders are describing as a new era for the LGBT-rights movement, with historic victories that nearly doubled the number...
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What a Night to be Gay
Elections tend to turn me into a bit of a nervous Nellie. Not a full-on drama queen like Andrew Sullivan, who set the sky-is-falling gold...
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Sweep of Victories Leave HRC Energized for the Fights Ahead
With the re-election of President Barack Obama, gains in LGBT representation in Congress, and four victories for marriage equality at the ballot box, advocates are...
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Voters Retain Iowa Judge Who Ruled In Favor of Marriage Equality
Marriage equality appears to be safe from repeal in Iowa as Democrats maintained a majority in the state Senate on Tuesday. The Democratic majority in...
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Still Facing Wolves
Totemism, in which a group identifies with a symbolic animal, survives mostly in sports teams. But modern politics also has a totemic aspect, though not...
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Number of LGBT Members of Congress Nearly Double
The number of out members of Congress is set to increase to historic levels following a series of wins during the Nov. 6 election. When...
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D.C. Date with ManDate
Project Healthy Living – a group of African-American gay and bisexual men associated with DC CARE and the District's Department of Health HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis, STD...
